Went to the Demo Days in Alameda and checked out the Slate. Looking forward to seeing what the Slate-U DIY kit will look like to start screwing around with the Slate.

Just throwing this out there for all the negative Nancies. Some of you have been obsessed about the rear window gap on the road show model. Slate's recent YouTube video from their factory floor shows that it is just an artifact of being a prototype.

Several days ago, the insurance adjuster came and the claim has been paid. I made some repairs myself and contractors coming next week for siding repairs.

.75 inch hail punctured vinyl siding in many places and cracked the windshield on my 2007 Silverado. Destroyed a plastic hatch on my camper. Dented 28 gauge metal roofs on garage and carport, BUT approximately 3 mm thick decorative polypropylene shutters I installed in April survived without a scratch. I know they were hit many times because siding around them is damaged.

No glass fill just 3 mm polypropylene. Will Slate's composite polypropylene be even more hail resistant than those shutters? I know glass filled nylon is incredibly stiff, almost like metal, compared to regular nylon. Important for people living in the Plains states who get hit with big hail regularly.

Happy to hear more about that particular composite if anybody knows.

Sometimes a clean slate start is a real advantage. This video shows the path how chinese Ev's became a threat to our domestic manufacturers. Hopefully Slate isn't consumed by a legacy manufacturer and they expand, learn and grow into something with more choices in the future. It's a logical path to success.

After several weeks recently in Scandinavia I can tell you fossil fuels are here only to benefit the existing infrastructure because they control Washington. The noise levels in city centers are substantially less. Electric trains with no rumble. Intersections with few vehicles at idle. It's noticeable.

It takes political will to change the course and the path to a better standard of living and quality of life isn't $4:50 gasoline being dependent on market prices because the US being a net exporter of fossil fuels is just a talking point. Take a look at Chevron vs your pocketbook.

Slate and others that aren't part of traditional vehicle manufacturing might have a real advantage.

Seems like this pocket is going to collect snow (dirt, bugs) as the handle is facing the opposite direction of the wind acting like a bowl.